Off the Road Again
It was mostly the best of times!
…motorcycle
Vacation Notice and Father’s Day
We are off on a motorcycle trip! We are traveling Cape Breton’s Cabot Trail for the second time. It’s a bucket-list ride for our friend Tam, and we’re happy to do it again. It’s been (gulp) about 13 years since our first time around it.
…Throwback Thursday – Little Polish Grandma
Our maternal Grandma was always a bit of a mystery to us. She was deeply religious, we never saw her wear pants, and I don’t think she had a lot of fun in her life. …
Throwback Thursday – Wile E. Coyote
Go looking for Saguaro Cactus in Arizona if you ever want to feel tiny and young, …
Lucky Bucket
My brother Kevin is finally home after one of his bucket-list adventures: a motorcycle trip to Prudhoe Bay, Alaska. It sits on the northern-most part of the US highway system – in fact, 10 miles north of the actual highway. Sarah Palin couldn’t see Russia from Prudhoe Bay, but that country isn’t far away. …
Falling Behind
The motorcycle industry is hurting. This isn’t anything new. It hasn’t really recovered since sales plummeted in the mid 2000s when the economy took a hit and the first things people gave up were their “play” items. They stopped buying sports cars, boats and bikes. When things started to pick up again, motorcycle manufacturers found themselves trying to sell powerful machines to people who were too old to want them. …
The One-Legged Man
While we’re on vacation, I’m rerunning some of my favourite blog posts.Â
It was cold when we started out on our riding adventure. Â Once you get moving on a motorcycle -3 degree conditions turn much chillier and the wind whips your face into a froth. My riding goggles proved woefully inadequate and tears poured from both eyes as the frigid air permeated several layers of clothing. …
Throwback Thursday – Hunting Cacti
It’s more efficient to rent a motorcycle in Las Vegas and drive it to the desert, than to spend all of that time riding to get out there, so in spring 2012, that’s what we did. We wanted to ride along some of old Route 66 and see as much of Arizona as we could. …
Flatties
Since I last spoke of my Military Neck issue, my Osteopath Melissa has made great progress in giving me flexibility and taking away pain. It’s two-steps-forward and one-step-back, sometimes, as I’ve had a couple of weeks when my head has constantly felt like 50 lbs. of wet cement in a 5 lb. sack, but recently it feels like we’ve turned a corner. …
Preparing for Riding Season
The foot that required a boot late last year is healed. My rotator cuff is stronger now from physiotherapy, massage therapy and daily exercises. Now if I can just get my hip to cooperate fully after a muscle pull, I’ll feel confident about swinging a leg over B3 when the weather allows it. …
Now B3 is Perfect (for me)
When I purchased B3 last year, I knew she needed some attention before she could become a long-term ride. Like houses, motorcycles sometimes need a little renovation before they become what you really want to live in. …
Brandt’s Randt – No More Technology
I’ll surf the web on my smartphone, read a book on my Kobo, pay my bills on my desktop but there’s one technological advancement I won’t accept. I’m drawing the line! And so I randt. …
Please Meet B3
Derek put it best: “It was only a matter of time!”  We attended Hogtown Cycles’ first anniversary celebration and co-owner Mike casually said, check out the bike on the end. …
Creative Minds
I’ve wanted to take a photo of this mailbox since I moved to London nearly 4 years ago.  Not only is it an original, it’s also a lesson in recycling and customization! …
Giving Motorcyclists a Bad Name
A colleague recently said to me, “Every biker that rides past me acts like an a**hole!” Â …
Feeling Hot Hot Hot
When our ancestors decided to settle in Canada they left a legacy for the rest of us to complain about the weather. Â And here we go with some very whine-worthy conditions! Â …
Superlatives for Sedona
Beautiful! Gorgeous! Â Unique! Â I met a woman in Sedona who was from London, England. Â She planned to travel around the world but when she got to Sedona she decided she didn’t need to go any further. Â That was six years ago and she has no regrets. Â It’s that wonderful. Â …
Home Again
I am going to try and probably miserably fail to describe to you the beauty that we witnessed on our journey into Arizona by way of Nevada. Â We even rode a few miles into California, just so we could say we did. Â …